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Before the entry into force of the Regulation, the lack of common rules for accreditation across Member States meant that accreditation was being used very differently, with the result that accreditation certificates were not necessarily recognised by different national authorities and market operators - leading to multiple accreditation and therefore increased cost to business and conformity assessment bodies without producing the benefits described above.

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